My Italy - Chapter 698 Battle of Egypt (End)

The reason why Lieutenant General Brazo did not tell Commander Robland was simply that he received a telegram from the commander-in-chief Prince Filiberto. Let him immediately attack Deir Munasib and Ruwaisat Ridge on both sides. Thereby expanding the breakthrough point.

Although Lieutenant General Brazo reported the attack of two enemy armies, Prince Filiberto ordered those two armies to be ignored. It was more important to defeat the enemy’s defenders in Deir al-Munasib and Ruwaisat Ridge.

As long as these two places are conquered, these attacking British troops will be a piece of cake.

The fact is as the prince said. When the 13th and 15th armies appeared behind the defenders of Deir Munasib and Ruwaisat Ridge respectively, the defenders on the position were shaken. Even the ANZAC, which had strong combat capabilities, could not accept the risk of being cut off, and the collapse began.

After the collapse of the defenders at Deir al-Munasib and Ruwayissat Ridge, only the small town of El Alamein remained as the second line of defense for the Allied forces.

At this time, for the Japanese troops defending Alamein, the defensive pressure increased several times. The place must be defended first, and the casualties incurred are unacceptable.

In fact, when other positions were breached one after another, Obogong sent a message to General Murray, asking him to send troops to protect his retreat, otherwise the Japanese would be allowed to send troops to retreat.

It was obvious that when the second line of defense collapsed, General Murray could not spare enough troops to protect the retreat of the Japanese dispatched troops. This was Oubao Gon’s intention to retreat.

Faced with Obao Gong’s request to retreat, Murray couldn’t care less at this time. He had been battered by the successive defeats in the Alam Nayir Ridge, Deir Munasib, and Ruwaisat Ridge.

At this time, he had already mobilized all the troops he could mobilize, just to pick up the retreating army. So after seeing Obogong’s telegram, he fell into deep thought.

At this time, no one else around him dared to disturb the commander and could only wait silently.

They didn’t let them wait long. After a while, the supreme commander of the Egyptian region stood up. He sighed first and then said. “Send a telegram to Count Obogong and order him to retreat in three days. I will send troops to meet them.”

“As you command!”

He knew that after this order was passed to Obao Gong, the Japanese marshal would definitely curse, but there was nothing he could do. If these defeated soldiers did not have time to reorganize, they would not be able to rejoin the battlefield. Except for the limited strength of the defeated troops in his hands, it was difficult to stop the Italian attack, so he took a fancy to the Japanese dispatched troops who performed well on the battlefield.

If Obogong can delay the enemy for three days with his army, he will gain three precious days.

The order was quickly passed to Obaogong. Looking at the telegram that asked him to keep it for three days, he was surprisingly angry. “Bagaya road!”

“哐”

He picked up the command knife and smashed the porcelain in front of him, as if the porcelain in front of him was Admiral Murray.

As a battle-hardened veteran, how could Obao Gong not understand the meaning of this order. Although they were asked to hold on for three days, when other troops were retreating, it was obvious that the lives of the Japanese officers and soldiers were used to consume the enemy’s front.

Thinking of the enemy’s superiority on land, sea and air, while he could only defend the small town of Alamein, the difficulty of this made even an experienced veteran feel numb.

At this time, he had no choice but to keep it, and he had to keep it. It would be impossible not to keep it.

After seeing him calm down, he immediately shouted loudly. “Have the communications officer come over immediately.”

After the communications staff officer arrived, he looked at the map in front of him with a gloomy face and said. “Now I order all the troops to immediately strengthen their fortifications. Next, we will face the enemy’s most violent offensive. I hope you will be brave enough to repay the country’s kindness.”

At this time, he could only rely on Alamein’s ring fortifications to resist the Italian army’s attack.

As for Murray, he needs to use the three days bought by the Japanese army to reorganize the defeated troops. When the time comes, he will fight if he can, and if he can’t, he will find other ways.

That’s right, General Murray has prepared two plans at this time. If the defeated troops can be trained within three days, then he will definitely act according to what he and Obaogong said.

But what if the training fails?

Then Murray will have other things to think about.

But no matter how we do it, we need Obo Gong to bring the Japanese army to buy time for him.

In El Alamein, the Fourth and Eleventh Group Armies, plus the 2nd, 4th, and 6th independent heavy artillery brigades, attacked the Alamein circular position. The total strength of these troops is as high as 290,000, with more than 1,600 artillery pieces and 63 tanks. In addition, there was also bombardment by the combined navy fleet.

As for the Japanese troops defending Alamein, there were only 120,000 people and only more than 500 artillery pieces. There was a huge gap between the two sides.

“Boom boom boom~”

Intense explosions ravaged the position, and the Japanese officers and soldiers hid in the shell holes and shivered. They could only pray for the blessing of the God of Rizhao to prevent themselves from being hit by the shells.

But it’s a pity that this is North Africa, not Japan, and it is not the home of Rizhao God.

Mainly 150 mm, 180 mm, and 210 mm artillery shells, mixed with 305, 350, and 380 mm artillery shells, so that even the Japanese officers and soldiers hiding in the anti-gun holes were not spared.

“boom!”

A loud bang sounded from a section of the position, and the huge vibration caused the Japanese officers and soldiers hundreds of meters away to vomit blood. This is the most powerful 380mm artillery shell, coming from the No. 4 main battery on the Roma.

There happened to be a shell-proof hole within fifteen meters of the shell. At this time, the Japanese officers and soldiers in the gun-proof hole were lying on the ground in a dense crowd, like sleeping babies. But an experienced person would definitely be able to tell at a glance that this person was not in a deep sleep but was shocked to death.

Scenes like this are not uncommon in the battlefield, and the large and small craters make it look like the surface of the moon.

Such fierce shelling lasted for half a day, and the Japanese fortifications in El Alamein were beaten to pieces. On the upper left side of the battlefield, an airship was slowly circling around the position. In addition to this airship, there were several aircraft in the sky. They were constantly circling around the airship, like a guardian airship. It seemed that there must be a big shot in the airship.

Yes, there are big shots in the airship. Prince Filiberto, commander of the Italian Army Group in Egypt, was observing the results of the bombardment in the airship.

“The artillery level was good and most of the shells landed in the target area.”

Just as Prince Filiberto praised the bombardment, something happened again. The soldiers on the offensive position walked out of the trenches and rushed towards the enemy position.

The battle at Alamein lasted for two days.

That’s right, two days. Although the Japanese officers and soldiers resisted desperately, the Italian army, which had absolute military strength, firepower, and strategic advantages, still took only two days to capture El Alamein. Obogong surrendered with more than 30,000 Japanese troops.

The garrison of El Alamein was annihilated in two days, which frustrated General Murray’s plan. At this time, he could only lead the army to march towards Alexandria. The Italian army, which had destroyed the Japanese army’s loss of men and ammunition, could only watch helplessly at this time. Watch the enemy retreat.

However, in this Battle of El Alamein, the Allied forces suffered considerable losses. Even excluding the 200,000 Japanese dispatched troops who were completely wiped out, the losses of other troops were around 100,000. Of course, the losses of the Italian army are not small. Nearly 100,000 casualties, missing persons, and prisoners also need to be repaired.

The defeat at the Battle of El Alamein let the Allies know that Egypt could no longer hold its ground. The British side stepped up its withdrawal from Egypt, and a large number of British and French personnel evacuated by ship every day. According to statistics, Alexander alone evacuated 100,000 people in three days, half of whom were soldiers, and the others were businessmen, officials, and pro-British Egyptians.

As for the Italian army, a week after winning the Battle of El Alamein, they rushed into the Nile Delta after completing their repairs. Alexandria was captured on the 10th day, Cairo was captured on the 15th day, the Suez Canal was occupied on the 20th day, and Aswan was captured on the 30th day. Currently, except for a few town strongholds in the desert, Egypt is basically occupied by the Italian army. occupied.

As for the Ottoman army, this merged with the Italian army in the Sinai Peninsula. ,

At this time, the Egyptian campaign was considered to have come to a successful end, and due to the impact of the Egyptian campaign, the East African campaign initiated by Britain and France could only come to an end.

In the East African campaign, the Italian-Egyptian coalition suffered heavy casualties, with a total loss of 110,000 people. They captured Kismayo, Sako, and Bardere in the south. For a time, Mogadishu was threatened by British and French troops. In the north, only Cologne and Astarte were occupied, and overall the territorial loss was not large.

The victory in the Battle of Egypt greatly increased the reputation of the alliance camp led by Germany, Italy and Austria. The Entente, led by Britain, France and Russia, is favored by more countries.

Think about it, no matter how high your reputation was before, it seems that you have lost the battle now. How is it possible for your golden body to be restored after being broken?